Muppet Peter Pan

[frogboy4]

Not to totally change the subject, but something interesting that I thought of (and I presume I can say this without influencing anything as the comics are finished, ya?) is that here's another opportunity for the Muppet Babies style Gonzo/Piggy flirtation to go on. If they follow the Book/Movie idea of Tink betraying Peter to Hook. Could be fun to see the two of them in scenes together again.

They did that in the first couple seasons of the Muppet Show too. That sort of thing could be fun.

 

[Drtooth]

Too much popular media has devolved into catering to the lowest common denominator or has been kiddified into cutesy rubbish.

Off subject, but I still highly recommend Word Girl. It's for kids, and educational... but it has that same sort of sharpness that other Soup 2 Nuts (Aka Squigglevision) projects have. Also Martha Speaks and Curious George show that they're trying to bring great, sharply written programs back for kids, and not having to use that forced interactivity Nick Jr's shows all have.

But I see what you're getting with there. I agree that it's terrible that animation, puppetry, and comics will always be considered "Kiddy" no matter how violent, sexual, gory, or sophisticated it can get. Sure, people will always respect artistic animation... Jan Svenkmeyer (Sp? I know who he is, I just can't spell it) for example... but these have always been treated poorly by the art community... which goes ga ga when someone pukes on a canvas and gives it a religious name for shock value (and they can't even draw the invisible cube ). But I'm going on about it.

 

[GRandolph]

Back to the subject, got more pages from Amy today. Ho-boy, it's all coming together quite nicely!

I hope that everyone will enjoy Muppet Peter Pan as much as we're enjoying making it!

 

[frogboy4]

Back to the subject, got more pages from Amy today. Ho-boy, it's all coming together quite nicely!

I hope that everyone will enjoy Muppet Peter Pan as much as we're enjoying making it!

Thanks for the update (commonly called in these parts as Mup-dates).

This question might have gotten lost back in the thread. What of your other writings would you recommend to Muppet & Henson fans? Thanks!

 

[GRandolph]

Oh yes! Sorry I missed that question! Of my previous work, I think Muppet fans would enjoy my issue of Justice League Unlimited, which was #41:
http://gracerandolph.com/DCcomics.html

I'm not sure where you could find it these days, but perhaps DC will reprint it in a trade soon.

As for my other work, it's StarCraft and Warcraft manga, which I'm very proud of. You can check it out on my website:
http://gracerandolph.com/TOKYOPOP.html

Also, what's fun and that you can read RIGHT NOW is my Graphic Debate series from The Pulse:
http://gracerandolph.com/GraphicDebate.html

Hope that's helpful and, if you read any of my work, you enjoy it!
Grace

 

[frogboy4]

Oh yes! Sorry I missed that question! Of my previous work, I think Muppet fans would enjoy my issue of Justice League Unlimited, which was #41:
http://gracerandolph.com/DCcomics.html

I'm not sure where you could find it these days, but perhaps DC will reprint it in a trade soon.

As for my other work, it's StarCraft and Warcraft manga, which I'm very proud of. You can check it out on my website:
http://gracerandolph.com/TOKYOPOP.html

Also, what's fun and that you can read RIGHT NOW is my Graphic Debate series from The Pulse:
http://gracerandolph.com/GraphicDebate.html

Hope that's helpful and, if you read any of my work, you enjoy it!
Grace

Oooh. Thank you. I have a friend with many back issues of DC Comics so I'll ask him. I'll certainly be looking this up. What a diverse selection of works. Thanks again.

 

[frogboy4]

I'm resurrecting this thread due to Amy's posting of the new cover art she did for a future issue. Beautiful work!

 

[Amy]

Thanks frogboy, much obliged.

Yes, Muppet Peter Pan #1 ships on 28th August.
So does Monsters Inc., which I'm also drawing.

Oh godddd, so much work to do @_@

 

[minor muppetz]

That is an awesome cover.

I can't remember if I brought this up on the boards or not, but I've read that back in 1990, when Jim Henson was in negotiations to sell his company to Disney, there were plans for a Muppet Movie Ride, which was to include a Peter Pan section. From memory (since I haven't read the article about it in years) the casting is almost exactly the same as what's been announced for this comic (I don't think an animatronic Captain Hook was planned for inclusion). I recall the casting being Kermit as Peter, Janice a sWendy, Piggy as Tinkerbell, and Scooter as Michael... Can't remember whether John was played by Robin or Bean. But were any of you on the comic's staff aware of this when planning the comic?

EDIT: Oh, and I guess it only really matters whether the writer knew... Right?

 

[Amy]

EDIT: Oh, and I guess it only really matters whether the writer knew... Right?

Correct. Grace had written her pitch and cast the story long before I was assigned as the artist, so you'd have to ask her.